Here are your Apple news items and rumors for Thursday: iPhone 5 for T-Mobile,
Too: In the biggest news this week for the biggest company in Cupertino, Calif.
… Wait. Did something else happen? Oh … In what was a slightly less
consequential Wednesday report at MacTrast (via 9 to 5 Mac ), an anonymous
informant has indicated that T-Mobile USA will join Sprint (NYSE: S ) in October
as an official supporter of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) iPhone 5. It was thought
by some that T-Mobile wouldnt have official iPhone support until it merged with
AT&T (NYSE: T ) sometime next year. T-Mobile already supports unlocked iPhones
(phones not tied to any specific network) sold by Apple. What is curious about
the MacTrast report is it claims the new iPhone will operate at 3G speeds on
T-Mobiles network. The iPhone 4 currently supported by Verizon (NYSE: VZ ),
however, already can function on T-Mobiles HSPA+ 4G network. iPad Should Stay
Strong Through 2013: Acer chairman J.T. Wang said during his companys
second-quarter earnings report Wednesday that he believed the fever for tablets
caused by the iPad will recede and that notebook PC sales will pick back up
soon. Its a good thing Acer isnt focusing its recovery efforts it reported its
first-ever loss during that same report on developing its own tablets. A new
report from IHS iSuppli reprinted at MacRumors projects that Apple will maintain
its dominance of the tablet market through 2013 . iSuppli does expect Apple to
cede some territory by 2015, with its share of the tablet market declining to
just below 44%. Still, the research group expects Apple to ship 120 million
iPads in 2015. Jobs Takes Jabs in Resignation: When Steve Jobs announced he was
taking a hiatus from his duties as Apple CEO back in January, Institutional
Shareholders Services backed a shareholder proposal submitted by Central
Laborers Pension Fund demanding that Apple disclose its succession plan in the
event that Jobs couldnt return to his position. Apple in turn refused to
disclose its comprehensive succession plan on the grounds that it would give
competitors the opportunity to poach recruits and executives from the company.
According to a Thursday report at Apple Insider , Jobs resignation letter was
worded in a way that took a stab at the original proposal. I strongly recommend
that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple, reads
Jobs letter. Thats what the CLPF gets for questioning Apple. As of this writing,
Anthony John Agnello did not own a position in any of the stocks named here.
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